placenamesGlenquin
Gleann an Choim
Lewis distinguished extracted coal from unused mineral deposits in Monagay parish.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Gleann an Choim · Irish · main form · validated name
- Glenquin · English · main form
Place & story
Two worked seams out of five
In his 1837 account of Monagay, written as Monegay, Samuel Lewis identified five coal beds but reported that only the two thin upper seams were worked. The upper material, which he called culm, was used chiefly to burn lime. He separately described ironstone and fireclay as present but unworked, while local siliceous grit supplied road material. The account distinguishes several uses of the parish’s rocks without suggesting that every recorded deposit supported an industry. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glenquin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Monegay: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.